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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Watermelon and Blueberry Margarita!

To me the Memorial Day weekend marks the official start of summer! I know, by the calendar we are still weeks away from the official start but I have always been a summer lover and it sure is stinking hot here already. With all of the thought about summer and the long weekend I started thinking about drinks that I could serve over the weekend and I remembered one that I had made last year but could not for the life of me find the recipe for it again.

Finally success! It is a Bobby Flay recipe and it is a true summer time drink…beautiful juicy watermelon, ripe plump blueberries and fresh from your garden mint! How could it get any better? TEQUILA!!!!

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a simmer with the sugar and stir over moderate heat until the sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute; let the sugar syrup cool.

In a blender, puree the watermelon until smooth. Set a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl and strain the watermelon juice, pressing gently on the solids to extract as much juice as possible. Discard the pulp.

In a large pitcher, combine the sugar syrup with the lime juice, blueberries and mint leaves. Using a wooden spoon, lightly muddle the blueberries and mint. Add the watermelon juice and tequila. Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.

Pour the cocktail into tall ice-filled glasses. Garnish with the mint sprigs and serve.

I must agree that Memorial Day always marked the beginning of summer even when the calendar shows it later in June. School is out and watermelon in season. Now to enjoy those cool refreshing drinks after warmer days, be it working in the garden, out on the ranch, taking time for a picnic or just relaxing on the patio. Summer is here.